Psychosocial status and risk perception among Iranian healthcare workers during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: Human resources for health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 76
• Main Authors: Khazaee-Pool, Maryam, Moradi, Masoud, Pashaei, Tahereh, Ponnet, Koen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 18.09.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Anxiety; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Care and treatment; China; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; Disease; Epidemics; Evaluation; Family physicians; Health aspects; Health care access; Health care industry; Health care reform; Healthcare workers; Hospitals; Insomnia; Iran; Medical personnel; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental illness; Nurses; Nursing care; Pandemics; Patient satisfaction; Perceptions; Personal protective equipment; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological aspects; Psychosocial status; Risk factors; Risk perception; Systematic review; Workers; Workloads; Iran; China

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are essential resources, and their health and wellbeing are key not only for offering constant and useful care facilities to clients, but also for maintaining the safety of the workforce and patients. The risk of severe mental health problems among HCWs may have increased d...